DD-WRT security fix

Submitted by dag on Thu, 2009/07/23 - 09:02

If you haven't heard of the recent remote exploit yet, and you are using DD-WRT, update your devices ASAP. I did :-)

It is quite annoying and the bug seems something that should not have been overlooked, but I'm not considering to move to another firmware for my Linksys devices. DD-WRT provides so many features via a simple and elegant web interface that I am willing to let this one slip by.

Apart from updating my firmware about once every year and this quick fix that only took 10 minutes for a bunch of remote devices, each in a different location, I don't spend much time to manage it. And that's my trade-off.

It is an appliance, and appliances might have issues from time to time. At least this one was fixed pretty quickly.